If you’ve ever thought about exploring polyphony in Eurorack, chances are you might have felt some level of intimidation in terms of which method of generating “chords” and “harmony” works best. But in reality, there’s no one right way to go about it, and in this video our Patch Pals Wes and Jacob share a few of their favorite ways to make polyphonic patches without too much fuss.
A modular synthesizer’s open-ended patching workflow encourages new ways to think about creating sounds, and polyphony is no different. From Supercritical Synthesizers’ MIDI-controllable Demon Core oscillator to a chord or multi-note oscillator such as the 4ms Ensemble Oscillator, or even making use of loopers or other effects to approximate polyphony, there’s no shortage of creative ideas waiting to be explored.
Read the article here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal/modern-eurorack-polyphony?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
Modules Featured in this video:
- Demon Core: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/supercritical-demon-core-oscillator.html?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
- Chainsaw: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/acid-rain-chainsaw.html?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
- Morphagene: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-noise-morphagene.html?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
- Mimeophon: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-noise-mimeophon.html?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
- Ensemble Oscillator: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/4ms-ensembleoscillator.html?utm_source=perfectcircuit_youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=polyphonic_patch_pals
Timeline:
00:00 - intro
01:30 - overview
02:21 - super saw oscillators
03:43 - polyphony or paraphony
04:30 - Demon Core
05:37 - Chainsaw
09:00 - approximating polyphony
09:59 - looper (Morphagene)
11:00 - delay (Mimeophon)
12:18 - chord oscillators (Ensemble Oscillator)
14:51 - outro
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